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It is still doing the same thing. For the previous ten years it never logged off unless punched out or did something like cleaning out my cache. For comparison I stay logged in on Facebook seemingly forever unless I punch out, even when I clean the cache.

Hb, your problem may be another wonderful update in something else (for your security and convenience, of course. I finally tracked my problem down through Wiki, of all places.

Not very long ago we've had to enforce the "no edits" rule that was already in place by setting forum parameters. This due to spammers using the edit mode to change old posts into unacceptable content. If you really need a post changed, use the report button and one of us can do it for you.

Errr, yeah, what 01101001 said. This sadness was anticipated but we've been unable to come up with a workable solution for it, other than the one above.

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Was there not a recent change that prevented editing after a period, like 24 hours?

Some who maintained posts, to keep them up-to-date, were saddened.

Originally Posted by slang

Not very long ago we've had to enforce the "no edits" rule that was already in place by setting forum parameters. This due to spammers using the edit mode to change old posts into unacceptable content. If you really need a post changed, use the report button and one of us can do it for you.

Errr, yeah, what 01101001 said. This sadness was anticipated but we've been unable to come up with a workable solution for it, other than the one above.

Now, that sounds about right. I guess that's a feature, not a bug.*

Thanks.

Edit - I am 99% certain I saw a post as described and reported it. So, it's really me.

XP is starting to suck. I think they are breaking it on purpose. (just because your paranoid...)

I saw it when it happened. What I was doing was typing into the preview by mistake and hit the carriage return and the screen reset. I did it twice, but the edit box was still open once the screen reset.